colonies
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In eusocial colonies, reproduction is divided between queens and workers, creating highly cooperative societies with specialized roles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Wainwright has been searching for new English colonies since he started working for Butterfly Conservation in 2004.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
France and Britain housed small communities from former colonies—an immigration pattern so mundane that 1960s France let citizens of former West African colonies fly into Paris without a passport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Bumblebees are social, living in colonies that are maintained by very active workers with a relatively short lifespan of 4-6 weeks.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Alliances formed and broke over and over again; new territorial disputes erupted over colonies, and countries struggled to dominate trade to and from the New World.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
